women

SAMARTH-Entrepreneurship Promotion Drive

March 8, 2022

On 7th March 2022, Union Minister for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Narayan Rane launched “SAMARTH”, a special entrepreneurship promotion drive for women. Highlights of the launch event At the launch event, the MSME minister held that there are ..

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Nari Shakti Puraskar

March 8, 2022

Nari Shakti Puraskar is the highest civilian honor for women in India. About the award Nari Shakti Puraskar is an annual award given by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to individual women or to institutions working for women ..

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NariShakti Varta on STEM and Financial Literacy for young women

March 4, 2022

UNICEF YuWaah facilitated the NaariShakti conversation, on ‘STEM and Financial Literacy for Young Women’. STEM refers to “Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics”. About YuWaah YuWaah is a UNICEF-initiated multi-stakeholder global platform. It aims to prepare young people to transition from ..

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Right of residence under Domestic Violence Act

March 4, 2022

Domestic violence is violence that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage. The victims of domestic violence are overwhelmingly women. Examples include dowry harassment, sexual abuse. Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 It protects the ..

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Google India launches DigiPivot

March 10, 2020

Google India unveiled DigiPivot, a skill development programme for women who seek to return to their corporate careers after a break or plan to shift to digital marketing. The programme is developed in association with a career portal service for ..

Period Dignity

March 3, 2020

Scotland is said to become the first country to provide free sanitary products for women, thus ending ‘period poverty’ and ensuring ‘period dignity’. Period Poverty: Period poverty refers to condition where certain circumstances make menstruation-a natural process, a ‘difficult experience’ ..